Re: [ICANN-EU] LA @large meeting preparation

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Subhash and all,

SCGupta@aol.com wrote:

> I understand what you're saying Alexander. We should be able to crawl before
> we can learn to walk! So, let us leave the issues regarding minimal content
> and rating standards on the backburner and away from ICANN. The same is true
> for the protocol and infrastructure.

  Hummmm?  I believe that our members in the EU would strongly disagree
in two areas here in you comments, Subhash.  There needs to be open
standards for protocols and infrastructure to be backward compatible.
Though I am sure we would agree that Rating Standards for Content is unnecessary
as well as unwise from a free speech point of view.

>
>
> But the roles of ICANN, registrars, ISPs and the domain owners should be
> clearly defined and fully disclosed upfront. Right now, an individual is at
> the mercy of registrars, Web hosts, and ISPs. My own site was down for 25
> days in 1999 because of no fault of mine and without any notice to me, due to
> unholy alliance between the registrar, the DNS company, and the Web host.
> Recently, it took more than 2 months to change the host for another of my
> sites. Finally, the difference in the requirements and costs for getting a
> ccTLD is huge across countries -- poorer the country, more expensive the
> domain name!
>
> If we can get some progress on the following, it will be a big step forward:
>
> ** Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for the Internet users, domain owners,
> editors and publishers ...
>
> ** Full and Upfront Disclosure of Terms and Conditions, including fees,
> rights and obligations.
>
> ** Equal, Open, Democratic Ability to Access and Use the Internet at a
> reasonable cost
>
> ** At-large Representation at ICANN  by At-Large members
>
> And, of course, eliminate the pin at all costs, and give them all to Andrew!
>
> Best Regards,
> <A HREF="www.indiasamaj.com/subhash.htm">Subhash Gupta</A>
> Info Technology & Business Process Engg.
> <A HREF="www.indiasamaj.com">AsiaSamaj</A> and <A
> HREF="http://indiasamaj.com/">IndiaSamaj</A>  - South Asian & Asian Indian
> Portals

Regards,

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